Composition in Drawing: The Design and Composition of Drawings - Paperback

by Markus S. Agerer (Illustrator), Paul Ronning (Translator), Markus Agerer (Author)

This is a book about composition in drawings. You can learn how to create your own pictures and how to make impressive picture compositions while drawing. In this book you will learn the basics and the most important rules of image design. You will also learn about psychological backgrounds that influence the way we perceive pictures.Important contents at a glance:

• What does image composition in drawing mean?
• Organizational principles of picture development
• Psychological foundations of image composition
• Proper image subdivision
• The Golden Section
• The Golden Spiral
• The Rule of Thirds
• Diagonal method
• Graphic design elements
• Surface and form in design-Contrast for better compositions
• How to implement perspective and space
• Light and shadow

Many paintings from the world of art serve as pictorial examples here, which should contribute to an ideal understanding of the theory. In addition, many of my own drawings and illustrations can be found in the book, with which I describe more precisely the principles that my picture compositions are based on.